What are Moist- & Dry-Heat Cooking Methods? | Rouxbe Online Culinary School (2024)

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Common moist-heat cooking methods include: poaching, simmering, boiling, braising, stewing, pot roasting, steaming and en papillote. Dry-heat cooking methods involve the circulation of hot air or direct contact to fat to transfer heat. Most often, this promotes the caramelization of surface sugars in foods.

Combination Cooking involves both dry- and moist-heat cooking. Braising, stewing and pot-roasting are all combination cooking methods which are excellent for cooking tougher (but often tastier) cuts of meats.

Moist heat cooking methods use water, steam, or another liquid to transfer heat to food for cooking.

Broiling is a rapid cooking method that uses high heat from a source located above the food.

Cooking with 'dry heat' is a process where food is exposed to a source of high heat either from below or above (and usually in an oven). This form of heat brings foods to a much higher temperature than cooking with 'wet heat'. It also gives foods a brown crust or surface, which adds flavour.

Braising, steaming, poaching and simmering need liquids to be kept at a low temperature so that the slow and even cooking brings out the most flavour and tenderness. Keep the moisture in. You need a tight fitting lid for your pot to keep the moisture in. This moist heat is what cooks the foods.

Braising is a combination cooking method, that uses both dry and moist heat. Braising usually follows two steps; first, pan searing the cabbage on high heat, allowing it to brown and improve in flavour and second, simmering in liquid on low heat, allowing it to be packed full of moisture and giving a richer flavour.

Which are the two cooking methods that use both dry and moist heat *? ›

The two most commonly joined methods of dry- and moist-heat cooking are searing and simmering. These two methods create the two classic styles of combination cooking: braising and stewing. Both methods begin with a tough cut of meat and, after careful prolonged cook- ing, create a tender dish.

Moist heat cooking uses liquid or steam to transfer heat to food. Three popular techniques are braising, steaming, and poaching. Each technique uses liquid or vaporized heat to gently cook food and soften connective tissue.

Boiling is the moist heat method that cooks food in boiling water or other water-based liquids (e.g., stock, milk). The temperature for boiling water is 212°F or when the liquid that you are using for cooking has rapid and aggressive bubbles.

Simmering. When simmering, you completely submerge food in a liquid that is at a constant, moderate temperature. Use well-flavored liquid and cuts of meat that are less tender than those recommended for dry-heat cooking methods.

Combination cooking is exactly what it sounds like: using both dry-heat and moist-heat to prepare your dishes. Braising and stewing are the two most common types of combination cooking, and they are usually used to soften tough cuts of meat through a slow cooking process.

Sear the meat first (probably in batches)

The first step to a flavorful stew is browning the meat. Searing it over high heat gives the meat a deeper, richer flavor thanks to the Maillard reaction, a chemical reaction that browns and caramelizes the exterior of the meat.

Braising, steaming, poaching and simmering need liquids to be kept at a low temperature so that the slow and even cooking brings out the most flavour and tenderness. Keep the moisture in. You need a tight fitting lid for your pot to keep the moisture in. This moist heat is what cooks the foods.

There are two types of dry heat sterilization, namely static-hot-air oven and forced-hot-air oven (mechanical convection). The static hot-air type uses coils at the bottom of the oven; thus, heat starts at the bottom and rises to the top through convection.

There are many methods of cooking, most of which have been known since antiquity. These include baking, roasting, frying, grilling, barbecuing, smoking, boiling, steaming and braising. A more recent innovation is microwaving. Various methods use differing levels of heat and moisture and vary in cooking time.